Belt.



No. 66l,695. Patented Nov. l3, I900. J. HILDER.

BELT.

(Application flied June 11, 1900.

(No Model.)

WITNESSES UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JULIUS HILDER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BELT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 661,695, dated November 13-, 1900.

Application filed June 11, 1900. derial No. 19,845. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JULIUS HILDER, a citizen of the United States, residingin New York city, borough of Manhattan, State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Belts, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates more particularly to improvements in waist-belts; and it has for its object to provide improved means for connecting the ends of straps, ribbons, or the like; and to this end the invention consists in an attachment or frame provided with bars, loops, or the like extending lengthwise of the frame and at opposite sides of the central por tion of the same and to which the belt straps, ribbons, or the like are to be attached, so that they may extend from the frame in opposite directions.

The invention also consists in the novel details of improvement, that will be more fully hereinafter set forth and then pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part hereof, wherein- Figure 1 is a face view of a belt embodying my invention, the straps being partly broken away. Fig. 2 is a rear view of the same, the straps on one side being removed. Fig. 3 is an edge view of the frame looking from the right in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a rear face view of part of a frame, illustrating a modified construction of the same; and Fig. 5 is a rear view of a portion of a belt provided with a modified form of frame.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several views.

In the accompanying drawings the letter A indicates generally a frame, to which straps, ribbons, or the like B are'to be connected. In Figs. 1 to 4, inclusive,-the frame A is shown composed of two members A A disposed transversely of the belt, and thereby arranged to extend vertically when the belt is placed around a waist, and in said figures the members A A are shown movably connected, as by a hinge O or other movable connection, the parts of which may be secured to the members of the frame by solder or in any other suitable manner. The members of the frame may be made in any suitable for1nas, for instance, in sheet metal, as in Figs. 1, 2,

and 3, which may have any suitable configuration or embellishment-or the members of the frame may be composed of longitudinallydisposed wires or bars a, connected by crosswires (1, to which suitableornaments a may be attached, as in Fig. 4. The members of the frame are each provided with one or more longitudinally-disposed strap-holders, shown in the form of bars or loops D, which are located at such a. distance from the main body of the frame that the straps, ribbons, or the like B may be folded around them and secured by stitches b orin other suit-able manner, whereby the straps are attached to the frame. The bars or loops D may be in the form of wires having their ends bent toward the frame and secured thereto by solder or otherwise, and these bars or loops are secured on opposite sides of the central line of the frame, so that the straps B may extend in opposite directions from the frame to be passed around a waist. Said straps may be provided at their outer ends with any suitable or well-known means for connecting them together. By having the bars or loops D on the inner face of the frame the ends of the straps that connect with the bars are concealed by the frame when the belt is in position around a waist, and the frame thereby affords an ornamental central attachment for connecting the ends of the oppositely-extending straps together. By having the two members A A of the frame hinged or pivoted together the frame can bend to conform to the curve of a waist and lie snugly against the same; also, when the members of the frame are hinged or pivoted together as shown the straps B when connected together around a -waist keep the members of the frame spread apart, as indicated in Fig. 1, and the frame when arranged as shown produces a bodicelike effect at the back portion of the belt. The'loops or bars D on each side or member of the frame enable two or more straps B to extend side by side, and said bars or loops may be curved or arch-like, their concave edges facing outwardly or laterally, whereby when two or more straps B are attached to each side of the frame they may converge toward the end fastenings, thereby overlapping and producing a tapering effect in the straps from the centrally-disposed frame A toward opposite ends of the belt, as will be understood from the drawings.

While in Figs. 1 to 4 I have shown the frame A comprising two members hinged together, it is evident that the frame may be in a single piece of material, as indicated in Fig. 5, and

ing laterally in opposite directions and adapted to be attached to straps or the like, subrality of strap-holders on each side extending in substan tialendwise alinement each holder provided at opposite SI'CLQSOI the central vertical line with the loops or bars D, arranged to receive the folded ends of the straps B, as before described. In either case as the bars or loops D are located at opposite sides of the vertical center of the frame A separate straps may be attached to each, so as to project from the frame in opposite directions, and thereby the straps can be readily replaced when desired. By having each bar or loop D of a shows the frame A curved so as to conform somewhat to the vertical curvature of a wearers back.

Having now described my invention, what I claim is l. A belt frame orattacb ment having strapholders located on opposite sides and extendbeing adapted to have a strap attached to it to retain the straps from lateraldisplacement, substantially as described.

3. A belt frame or attachment comprising two members located side by side and movably connected together, each member having a strap-holder that diverges laterally and is adapted to receive a strap or the like, substantially as described.

' 4. A belt comprising a frame provided with strap-holders on opposite sides, and pairs of straps attached to the strap=holders-,the straps ofe'ach pair converging outwardly, substantially as described.

5. A belt comprising a frame provided with strap-holders located on opposite sides, the strap-holdejrs diverging laterally from the central portion of the frame, and a plurality of straps connected to the holders on opposite sides of the frame, a pair of straps on .each side converging outwardly and overlapping, substantially as described.

JULIUS HILDER.

Witnesses:

HENRY F. SAMSTAG, '1. F. BOURNE. 

